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Speaker 1: It is my great pleasure to once again and welcome

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back to our podcast none other than the man himself,

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the unified super middleweight champ of the world, Canelo Algarez.

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Vanello will tell the folks what you've got coming up.

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You're going to be taken on the IDF title holder

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William's skull. It's a unification fight in an effort few

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to once again become the undisputed champion of the one

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hundred and sixty eight pound weight class. Will take place

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May third in Riad, Saudi Arabia, live on pay per view.

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So welcome, Thank you very much for doing this.

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Speaker 2: Canelo, my pleasure then always have pleasures to be with

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you here, all.

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Speaker 1: Right, I appreciate that. So, first of all, this is

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going to be in your long career, your first fight

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to take place outside of the United States and your

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home country of Mexico. I wonder if you're if you're

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looking forward to the make I know you've been to

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Saudi Arabia to visit, but in terms of to actually

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go there to fight, are you looking forward to this

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and what did it take you? What did it take

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to convince you to go there? Other than I guess

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whatever the big money that Canelo Alvarez is going to

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make for anytime he steps in the boxing ring.

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Speaker 3: You know, I always say that for me, fighting in

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other countries, what's a dream?

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Speaker 2: No? In my career, I think I can. I accomplish everything.

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Speaker 3: In my career already, So this kind of thing is

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more by myself, because fighting in another countries is something

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new for me, another experience for me for my career,

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and and and I'm very excited to be fighting outside

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of USA or my country Mexico. So that kind of

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thing is morevery myself, especially at this point of my career.

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I already accomplish everything, So these kind of things more

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by myself.

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Speaker 1: But also, let's be honest, it was a big paycheck

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come along with it too, right now.

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Speaker 3: Always always, of course, I always say I just go

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outside of my country or the USA.

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Speaker 2: It's a big money there.

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Speaker 3: So but no matter what, if it's in USA or

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my country, I always make a lot of.

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Speaker 1: Money, exactly, And I just wonder be because of that.

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Is there even a small part of you that's maybe disappointed? Uh?

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I know you're looking forward to as you just talked

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about going there and fighting in a new place. Yeah,

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but any slightness. Why that you're not in Vegas on

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the single to my weekend with your fans who always

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turn out for you and probably won't be making the

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trip to Saudi Arabia.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, sometimes you know about the money. It's

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about to have a different experience in my career, and

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the only thing I can do for my fans in

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this situation is that I'm gonna fight in Sunday morning

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then in Saudi Arabia, and they can watch my fight

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at the same time Saturday here and right pop say

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or Mexico.

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Speaker 1: So just so people people understand that you're gonna fight.

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But the time you enter the ring in Saudi Arabia.

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Speaker 2: In the morning something Sunday like that.

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Speaker 1: The same time we always watch here in the United

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States in Mexico, so't different.

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Speaker 3: You can watch the fight here at the same time,

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so you always and and you know, my fans they're

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gonna understand me that.

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Speaker 2: For me, fighting in other.

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Speaker 3: Countries at this point of my career makes sense a

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lot because I always try to to go to other

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countries to have the experience in my career to fighting

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outside of my country and and and the USA.

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Speaker 1: But before you were able to make this arrangement with Turkey.

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You know, there was a lot of back and forth

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between the two of you on the social media platforms.

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Uh that were somewhat negative about not doing a fight

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with him or you know, him having some bad things

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to say about you. Obviously, uh that was overcome or

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story and we can't.

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Speaker 3: Talk about that right now.

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Speaker 2: No, no, no, no, no, it's fine. Who say no, okay,

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I'll just.

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Speaker 1: Tell our listeners that's no problem, no problem that uh no,

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that that that that was overcome and that you have

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made apparently a four fight agreement to work with him

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for this fight against Skull, the Crawford fighting, the all

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in two more fights next year in Saudi Arabia. So

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my question to you is, how are you guys able

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to overcome that or was it just a matter of

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you guys.

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Speaker 3: Reviews, misunderstand, misunderstanding miss You know, the communication is very important.

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That's why communication is one of the best, one of

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the most important things in in in in person, you

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need to communicate the things right right. We don't have

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that communication straightforward. It's always somebody in the middle, so

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we never like I talked directly at this point when

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I was in London, and I went there just to say, hey,

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I don't have bad things to say about you.

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Speaker 2: I don't. I don't even know you, so how I

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can I can say bad things. I'm not that kind

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of guy. And everything is good. And then and then

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that business can.

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Speaker 3: But I go there to to Loan None and said

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to say to him, I never do you respect anybody.

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I'm not that kind of like because I don't need

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it and I'm not that kind of person. So and

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then the business came, you know, and I think it's

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bad communication.

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Speaker 1: Wow, okay, that work communication all right. So now you

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go in and you fight against William Skull, and so

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I must ask you about that. Back when you were

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fighting against uh Haim Mangia, he was an eight rounder

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buried on your undercard that was so deep on the

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undercard that it wasn't even a part of the preliminary stream.

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And even somebody like myself Canelo always gets in hearinga

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really early. It was even too early for when I

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got to the areena, I didn't see the fight. So

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my question is you got stripped then in your next

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fight going into the Berlanga fight of the IBF title

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because you didn't fight him as a mandatory and you

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even had said to myself and others, who is this guy?

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You know?

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Speaker 2: That guy I don't even know William.

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Speaker 1: So he went on to win the title that they

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took away from you. Mm hmm, even though clearly you

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were the number one fighter in your weight class. Uh

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So why fight him now You've already been undisputed. It's

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not like you need that to complete the collection like

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you did when you fought Kayla Plan.

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Speaker 3: You know, you know? Uh do you saw how I

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I get into disputed right eleven months three on the

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three on the Fated Fighters and this and that. At

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this point, I think this fight makes sense more for

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everybody for two Kai and and as because you know

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wants me to recuperate that title back so and be

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on disputed again. So and me too because I'm gonna

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be the two times on dispuit fighter.

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Speaker 1: And you're also you're the only one to ever do

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it even once, and so you would obviously become the

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first and only to do it twice.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so it makes sense.

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Speaker 3: I think I think it makes sense a lot, for

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that's what at this point of my career.

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Speaker 1: Okay, so we all know what is supposed to be

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next if everything goes well for you in the fight

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with Skull that it's supposed to be the Terrence Crawford

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fight in September. What is the level of your excitement

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about the possibility of the Crawford fight, because you hadn't

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really shown a lot of interest, even though he was

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calling you out left and right. You had said he

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really didn't interest you. Now obviously you've accepted the match.

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Speaker 2: You know, I don't have that in my mind right now.

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Speaker 3: I'm hunt of person focus on Williams School because I

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need to put all my focus on this fight, and

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I don't even thinking about Craftord fight.

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Speaker 2: We don't have nothing yet with Caraford. Obviously it's acting.

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Speaker 3: But uh, the person focus on William's School, I'm not

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that kind of why talking about other fights before I.

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Speaker 2: Finished one?

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Speaker 1: So I should I should ask you about the two

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twenty twenty six fights and maybe a BVO rematch or

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undisputed or anything else.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but you know, always always good things come so

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under person focused on Williams Food, Yeah, doesn't make sense

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if we're talking about other fights. You know, it's something

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we we already know. There's something they really once for September.

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Speaker 1: You know what I was interested in is as we

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as I mentioned before, you you defeated himI Mangia in

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one of your fights last year. Now that he's working

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with with Eddie Renoso training him and he's part of

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your camp. Now he's going to be on this undercard

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and a rematch trying to evannge a loss to brus Arasse.

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 1: I wonder how was it to have your old foe

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in the camp with you? And I say that because

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when we were doing the fight against him, I always

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had the impression leading up to your fight that you

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guys kind of liked each other. And now it's part

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of the team.

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Speaker 2: No, Like I.

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Speaker 3: Say, then, I don't like to fight with Mexican because

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because I support Mexico and I suppose that talent from Mexico, right, and.

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Speaker 2: We have this fight with and with that and everything.

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Speaker 3: But he asked him for help with Eddie, and I'm

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I don't I don't mind.

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Speaker 2: I don't mind.

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Speaker 3: I really I really like it because with Eddie, but

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he's gonna learn a.

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Speaker 1: Lot and God sparring for you too. I would think, No, we.

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Speaker 3: Don't asparing yet, but if we're aspiring were going to

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help each other.

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Speaker 2: Obviously it is way different, but but I like it.

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Speaker 3: I like to be there and see how much he's

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improved with Eddie and and the way he's working. He

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worked hard and and and I like the idea, sup

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support my people.

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Speaker 1: Let me wrap up with just one more question. You're

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talking about the stage of your career. You mentioned that

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phrase a number of times, and I wonder You've done

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so many things, all the titles, all the big fights,

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all the money, all the accolades. I wondered, what are

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what are the goals that remain for you still in

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your career? You know, however long it may last, you know,

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do the best things.

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Speaker 3: I don't know two years, three years, I don't know

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how many years more. But I do the best things

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for my career. And like this fighting in other countries,

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but it is one of my dreams and now it's close,

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so I like that kind of things for my career

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right now.

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Speaker 1: Well, I appreciate your time, and I'll look forward to

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seeing the fight, even if I will be a chance

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to be insidy ready, But I which you've asked the block,

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and as always, thanks a lot for doing this.

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Speaker 2: Thank you Don